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...most spectacular displays of rocketry in its 11-year space-age history. Splashing a white, blue and orange vapor trail across the radiant dawn sky, a 100-ft.-tall Atlas-Agena rocket lifted in stately perfection off the pad, thundered up on a mission that was to carry its payload 685,000 miles into interplanetary space...
...seemed well. Separating smoothly from its first stage, the second-stage rocket Agena, with the Ranger still attached, swung into a 100-mile-high parking orbit, coasted with its engine dead. Fourteen minutes after launch, the Agena's engine reignited on schedule to boost its Ranger payload on the long route into space. Then something went wrong. Instead of burning for the scheduled 90 seconds, which would have increased Ranger's speed from 17,400 m.p.h. to the necessary 23,800 m.p.h., Agena cut out too soon. Disconnected below maximum velocity, Ranger coasted up to a mere...
Potential Gains. U.S. shippers are slower to switch from time-tried methods of transport. Many a Midwestern grain exporter still prefers to barge his payload down the Mississippi to New Orleans, where shipping schedules are more regular and where the cargo can be put aboard 60,000-ton vessels that sometimes offer cheaper rates than the 15,000-ton ships plying the St. Lawrence. U.S. Seaway authorities want the Government to publicize the economic advantages of their route, but Congress is wary of favoring the waterways over the hard-lobbying railroads and truckers...
...lack of a big booster have flowed many familiar U.S. troubles. Everything that the U.S. fires into space, including the man-carrying Mercury capsule, must be built as light as possible. Structure and equipment are inevitably delicate, pushed to the peak of performance. The Russians have plenty of payload to play with. They can use rugged, dependable and comparatively heavy parts. Their spacecraft can afford the luxury of parallel electronic circuits, one ready to take over if the other fails. Many of the Russian achievements in space, including their accurate control systems, can be explained by the weight-lifting muscles...
...month will begin in June. The remaining 23 planes will be Lockheed null turboprops, which will be turned out at a fast eight per month, beginning in July. In all, the aim is to outfit the military with long-range (4,000 miles plus) craft with a 25-ton payload that can operate on relatively short, 6,000-ft. runways...